B for Ban, Bhajji and Bangalored!C for CheerleadersD for Dugout, dotball, dollarsE for ExtrasF for Franchise, freehit, fantastic (the most abused word during the IPL), foreignersG for Glamour, girlsH for Hotheads (Harbhajan, Sreesanth, Yuvi); hit wicketI for IPLJ for Jab We Met (Charu Sharma meeting Vijay Mallya)K for Kingfisher; King Khan and all other Kings in IPLL for Lekha Washington; last ball dramasM for Modi (Lalit); Money and Mind It!N for Nightlife; not out, net run rateO for Orange capP for Purple cap, partnershipsQ for Queen of IPL- Preity ZintaR for Rajasthan Royals, Run outs, Run Rate and reverse sweepS for Sixer, Shah Rukh, SlapgateT for Twenty20, teen brigadeU for Unsung heroes (*Yousuf Pathan, Swapnil Asnodkar); upper cutV for Vijay MallyaW for WarneX for Xenophobia of Mukesh Ambani (Ambani, when asked about his team's early defeats, said "just wait for these Aussies to go home, then we will know who is winning"), Xtra InningsY for Youth powerZ for zeroes (Challengers and Chargers)

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About Me

John Cheeran is an engineer-turned-journalist and has worked in such diverse media as Print, Internet and Radio. Cheeran has an abiding interest in cricket and its politics, and in politics in general.
Cheeran quit an Indian arm of the US-based global giants General Electric in 1994 to join Asian College of Journalism. He then went on to write on sports, and mainly on cricket, for newspapers such as The Indian Express, The Asian Age, The Pioneer and www.timesofindia.com in India. Cheeran also had a seven-year stint with Gulf News in Dubai.
He also wrote regularly for regional publications including Malayala Manorama and Deshabhimani during his student days.
During his career, Cheeran has reported a string of national and international tournaments including the 1999 Cricket World Cup held in England, the annual Dubai Desert Classic Golf Championship and Dubai Tennis Championship in Dubai, the ICC Champions Trophy in Dhaka, the Independence Cup Cricket Championship in India, Asian Test Championship and a number of Davis Cup ties in India. Now, Cheeran is an adjunct faculty at Online Media Centre in Chennai.